Succeeding Slowly: A Practical Guide to Going Indie
summary
Cross-referencing daily revenue from marc varmint and william wilkinson launches with App Store rank shows most money concentrates at the top — roughly $100k at top 2000 and about $51–52k at top 3000. The plan is concrete: set a monthly profit target (example $6,250), save aggressively, validate markets by nine criteria (urgency, pricing, acquisition cost, barriers, evergreen), build a polished product (e.g., Benjamin aimed at CPAs/tax preparers), track income and use an 8-month rolling average to decide when to quit.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Start
- 0:18metakite SOFTWARE
- 3:38FREEDOM
- 5:48Assumptions
- 9:01Set Profit Target
- 11:49Start Saving!
- 13:57Conceive the Product
- 17:28BUILD A BUSINESS
- 21:35Evaluating App Ideas
- 24:17LEASING SPECIALS
- 30:14Execute
- 30:38Build Momentum
- 32:07Take the Leap
- 39:34Release Notes A Conference About Building Businesses
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